Miner&#39;s lamp.



S. 1. YELLEN.

MINER'S LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED 0on1. I914.

Patented A r. 20, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS COv PHOTO-LITHCL, WASHINGTON. D C.

s. 1. YELLENF MINER'S LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. I914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915;

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STANLY J. YELLEN, OF GREAT NECK, NEW YORK.-

MINERS LAMP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915..

' Application filed October 1, 1914. Serial No. 864,461.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLY J. YELLnn, citizen of Russia, residing atGreat Neck, 1n the county of Nassau, Long Island, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Miners Lamps, ofwhich the following is aspeclfication.

This invention relates to miners lamps and has as its primary object toprovide a lamp which may be readily attached to a miners cap to be heldsecurely in posltion thereon, which may be detached from the cap withequal facility, and which will be so constructed as to conform to thecontour of the crown of the cap and will thus be thoroughly comfortablein use.

The invention has as a further object to provide a miners lamp wherein alamp chimney will be employed so that the lamp will give out an even andsteady llght and wherein the said chimney will be thoroughly protectedso as not to become broken.

A. further object of the invention in this connection is to provide acage or protector for the lamp chimney so constructed, that when appliedin use, the said protector will coact with the resilient fingers of thelamp burner in holding the lamp chimney in position upon the burner, andwherein the said protector will be so arranged as to prevent objects,such as falling pieces of coal from gaining entrance into the chimney orfrom striking against the chimney. And the invention has a still furtherobject to generally improve the construction and increase the efiiciencyof devices of the above described character. 7

W'ith these and other objects in view my invention will be more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form apart of this application. a

1n the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved lamp applied to a cap, the cap being conventionallyillustrated, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cap showing theattaching plate secured thereto, Fig. 3 is a perspective :view showingthe lamp reservoir detached, with the burner removed therefrom andparticularly illustrating the arrangement of hooks carried by thereservoir which are disposed to engage the attaching plate carried bythe cap, as well as showing the arran ement of straps secured to thereservoir an disposed to engage around the cap, Fig. 1 is a fragmentarytransverse sectional view taken through the reservoir, the burner notbeing shown, Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the cage for thechimney, the cage being shown removed, and Fig. 6 is a. verticalsectional View showing the cage applied.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

For convenience, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings myimproved miners lamp in connection with a cap 10, of usual construction,the lamp being shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings in operative positionupon the cap. Secured upon the forward side of the crown of the cap isan attaching plate 11 which is preferably formed of suitable sheet metaland which, at the corners thereof, is provided with a plurality ofapertures through which stitching is passed in attaching the plate tothe cap. Arranged upon the forward side of the plate 11', are aplurality of loops 12, said loops being arranged in pairs disposedadjacent opposite ends of the plate and the loops of each pair beingarranged in alinement transversely of the plate.

Arranged for detachable connection with the attaching plate 11 is thereservoir 13 of the lamp proper. The reservoir 13 may be formed of anysuitable material and is preferably oblong, as illustrated in thedrawings, the said reservoir being longitudinally curved to conform tothe contour of the crown of the cap as is also the attaching plate 11,so that the reservoir will fit snugly against the attaching plate andagainst the crown of the cap, to thus provide a construction thoroughlycomfortable to the user. Disposed upon the rear concave side of thereservoir 13, are downwardly projecting longitudinally spaced attachingmembers or hooks 1 1. Each of the hooks 14: is preferably formed from alength of suitable resilient wire which is secured adjacent one end, tothe reservoir 13 by a suitable strip 15, the length of wire being thencebent upon itself to extend in spaced relation upon one side of theadjacent face of the reservoir, it being observed that the strip 15 islooped over the adjacent terminals of the hooks to thus maintain thehooks seated firmly against the reservoir, the said strip 15 beingsecured to the reservoir in any suitable manner. The hooks 1 1 aredisposed to engage within the loops 12 carried by the attaching plate 11and as will be readily understood, the reservoir may, in

this manner, be readily mounted upon the cap 10 and may be disconnectedtherefrom with equal facility, while the hooks 1 1 are 15 so arrangedupon the reservoir as to hold the reservoir firmly in position whenattached to the cap. However, in order that the reservoir may bepositively prevented from becoming detached from the cap, even underextreme conditions, coacting flexible members or straps 16 are provided,the said straps being each secured at one extremity to suitable loops 17carried by the strip 15, one of said straps at its opposite extremitybeing provided with a suitable buckle disposed to engage the freeextremity of the opposite strap, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Thestraps 16 are disposed to engage around the crown of the cap and may beadjusted to comfortably embrace the head of the wearer. By thisarrangement, it will be seen that the straps 16 will coact with thehooks 14 in holding the lamp securely upon the cap.

Upon its upper side and medially thereof, the reservoir 13 is providedwith a screw-threaded openingin which is disposed to engage a tubularsocket 17 the said socket extending vertically within the reservoir andterminating at its inner extremity adjacent the bottom wall of saidreservoir. At its outer extremity, the socket 17 is enlarged and isinternally screw threaded to receive the base of the burner 18. The

socket 17 is thus detachably connected with the reservoir 13 while theburner 18 is also detachably engaged with the socket, this constructionmaking it readily possible to detach the several parts of the device inorder that they may bekept in proper working condition. The reservoir 13is, of course, disposed to receive a suitable illuminating oil and inproviding the socket 17 the said oil will be preventedfrom spilling orfrom flowing up to choke the burner when the lamp is held in differentangular positions in the practical use of the device.

' The burner 18 may be of any conventional construction and the gallerythere 6 of is provided with the usual resilient fingers. 19 which aredisposed to embrace and resiliently engage a chimney 20. In order toprotect the chimney from falling pieces oflcoal or other objects and toprevent-foreign matter from gaining entrance within the chimney, Iprovide a cage which, in Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have indicated as awhole at 21, the said cage being more specifically shown in detail inFigs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. More particularly, the cage 21 includesthe upper and lower annular members 22 and 23 which are each formed froma length of suitable resilient wire, the member 23 being in the form ofa split ring and being provided at its extremities, with coacting hooks24 which are disposed to be detachably engaged. Connecting the members22 and 23 are a plu rality of vertically extending members 25 and 26which are also preferably formed from suitable resilient wire. At theirlower extremities, the members 25 and 26 are looped about the ring 23,as shown at 27, and the upper extremities of the members 25 terminate atthe ring 23 and are looped about the said ring as shown at 28. Themembers 26 adjacent their upper extremities are also looped around thering 23 as shown at 29 and are thence extended vertically to support asuitable metallic disk 30, the said disk being provided with suitableapertures disposed to receive the upper terminals of the said members26, which terminals are bent about the periphery of the disk as shown at31. 96

Surrounding the upper portion of the cage and arranged upon one side ofand above the member 22 is a collar 32 which may be formed of anysuitable material and which is supported by a plurality of verticallyextending members 33, the members being also preferably formed fromsuitable wire and being looped about the ring 23 at their lowerextremities and passed through suitable apertures formed in the collarand looped about the edges of the said collar at their upperextremities. The collar 32 will thus be held in position by the members33 and as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the said collar is notched asat 3% to receive the upper extremities of the members 20 which fitwithin the said notches and thus hold the collar 32 from possibleturning movement about a vertical axis.

The cage thus formed is disposed to de' tachably fit over the chimney 20as shown in Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings with the member 23 fittingaround and clamped against the resilient-fingers 19 of the burner 18.The member 23 is preferably of such diameter that when the hooks 21thereof are engaged as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the said memberwill act to force the resilient fingers inwardly against the chimney 20to thus hold the chimney firmly in position upon the burner, the saidmember 23 in this manner coacting with the resilient fingers 19 inmaintaining the chimney in place. It will be observed that when the cageis thus mounted upon the chimney, that the disk 196 30 will be supportedin spaced relation above the upper extremity of the chimney in suchposition as to provide a protecting plate disposed to prevent foreignmatter from gaining entrance into the chimney and to also preventobjects from falling either into or against the upper extremity of thechimney. As best shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the collar 32 is of adiameter greater than the diameter of the chimney at its widest part andis thus disposed to prevent falling objects from striking the chimney,while the members 25, 26, and 33 will extend vertically of the chimneyand are thus disposed to prevent objects from striking the sides of thechimney.

Attention is now called to the fact that the collar or deflecting plate32 is substantially concavo-convex to incline outwardly and downwardlyaway from the chimney. Consequently, objects striking the said collarwill be directed away from the chimney by the inclined faces presentedby the collar. In a device of this character, this is obviously afeature of advantage since particles of coal falling from the roof of amine, in the practical use of the device, in striking the collar ordeflecting plate 32, will be prevented from coming in contact with thechimney 20 to cause injury thereto.

It will thus be seen that I provide a very simple and eflicientconstruction for the purpose set forth, wherein a lamp is provided whichemploys a chimney to the end that an even and steady light may be had,and wherein the said chimney will be effectually protected in use. Itwill further be seen that by the construction which I provide, the meansemployed for protecting the chimney will also coact to hold the chimneyfirmly in position upon the burner. Further, it will be seen that Iprovide a lamp which may be readily attached to or detached from aminers cap and wherein the lamp will be held firmly in position upon thecap in use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A miners lamp including a reservoir adapted forattachment with a head covering and provided with a concave facedisposed to confront the head covering, hooks arranged in longitudinalspaced relation upon the concave face of the reservoir, a strip securingsaid hooks to the reservoir, loops carried by said strip, coactingflexible elements engaging said loops and disposed to embrace the headcovering, an attaching plate carried by the head covering, andlongitudinally spaced and transversely alined loops carried by saidattaching plate and disposed for engagement with said hooks.

2. A miners lamp including a reservoir,- a strip secured to one side ofthe reservoir, loops carried by said strip, the ends of the strip beingpassed through the loops, a hook connected at one terminal to thereservoir by said strip, an attaching plate adapted to coact with saidhook, and coacting flexible elements connected to said loops, the saidattaching plate being adapted for connection to a head covering-and saidflexible elements being adapted to extend around the said covering.

3. A miners lamp including a reservoir, a strip secured to one side ofthe reservoir, loops freely mounted on said strip, coacting flexibleelements connected to said loops, spaced hooks terminally connected tothe reservoir by said strip, and an attaching plate adapted to coactwith said hooks, said plate being adapted for connection to a headcovering and the flexible elements being adapted to extend around thehead covering.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STANLY J. YELLEN. [11. s.]

Witnesses:

EDWARD J RoBINsoN, KATHERINE FRANCES RoRINsoN.

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